Grytviken

Japanese: Grytviken
Grytviken

...Glaciers spread out from the central mountain Pagit (2,915m), and fjords develop along the coast. It once prospered through whaling, and the summer population of the main settlement, Grytviken, exceeded 1,000 people, but today the permanent population is only 22 people (1980) at the observation station at King Edward Point. In 1775, J. Cook landed on the island and named the island after King George III of England at the time.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Grytviken" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中央のパジット山(2915m)を中心に氷河が広がり,海岸にはフィヨルドが発達する。かつては捕鯨で栄え,中心集落グリュトビーケンGrytvikenの夏の人口は1000人を超えたが,現在の常住人口はキング・エドワード・ポイントの観測基地にいる22人(1980)のみである。1775年J.クックが上陸,当時のイギリス国王ジョージ3世の名を島に冠した。…

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